strange to realize it now, but in the pre-revolutionary Russian pedagogy among the representatives - teachers and governesses - there was not one which would be lucky in his personal life.
And why only in Russia?It seems that everywhere.Almost all the literary works of the last century classy lady - is deprived of the joys of life, closed, and sometimes quite brutal creation, often disrupting the disappointment on their pupils.
As it was, really?
schoolgirl, and the truth is not very fond of their educators.Knicks, lowered his eyes to the floor, insincere courtesy.And in the soul - the desire to quickly rid yourself of annoying us ladies, and even laugh at it, give some apt nickname.
classy lady for girls - is not ideal.Between them, the gulf in attitudes, in relation to life.Girls who think they are old enough, and belonging to the poor is not the last name, do not find anything of value in the teachings elderly, poorer and usually unmarried teachers and listening to them formally, out of politeness.
image, which has been preserved from the times of high schools of the 19th century, is really not very attractive: classy lady looked pretty boring, was constantly dressed in blue shaped dress, for what the girls called her "Sinyavka" had no idea what soulfulness, earnestly carried out all the orders "from above" and endlessly suffered from their feminine unrealized.
Classroom lady governess and
differences between the two related professions, of course, existed and were due to the age of students.Governess hired to rich homes, raising children, as it is now said, preschool and primary school age and give them basic education.
Classroom lady had a permanent job at the school, teaching certain subjects and strictly followed the moral character of their students.And in the classroom and during breaks to keep them in severity and often disliked for youth, beauty and freshness.
most famous literary character governess - Jane Eyre, tempered with childhood adversity, compassion orphans, educated and able to love.
How kindest of classrooms give readers remember Feride Khanum - restless bird-wren with a huge heart and pride of the wild east.
Exceptions
Due few surviving memoirs schoolgirl, today we can have an idea of who it is this - cool woman in the 19th century.
Pupils and educators so much time together that could not bother each other.They were always in sight of one another, and very good time to explore all the weaknesses "opponentok."This leaves almost no chance of mutual trust.
However, there were also a rare exception to the rule.Maiden won the hearts of the teacher who loved his job and his pupils.This classy lady - this, according to the girls, the teacher that teaches not so much by the book as his example.
They adored and idolized cool ladies manages when his meager salary and in his school uniform dress look feminine and attractive, able to teach their subject so that it would like to learn and know, capable of sincerity and nenadmennost communicating with schoolgirl.
So many years have passed, and teachers appreciate the same ...
punishment from the classroom
Sometimes cool creatures became unpredictable, in a word - a lady.Because of his personal failures, or negative emotions, they break on a schoolgirl.For this teacher hated "sentenced" to the general disdain, and from his beloved just waiting for the quiet period.And when emotions calm down, communication has continued in the usual mode of trust.
was considered impermissible audacity on the part of the girls come with a cool lady in simple human conversation, for it threatened punishment.Therefore, communicating with a favorite teacher, the girls kept their conversations in the strictest confidence by the directorate and other educators, or teacher could lose the place, and students severely punished for insubordination.
But also great ladies often become "inquisitors".The most common punishment in public schools were ripping off the apron with the girls in front of the whole class and allowing the offending in this way at the board for a few hours.
This female students of junior classes were forbidden to cry during punishment.Thus, the young schoolgirl, unable to cope with emotions, at first did not understand: classy lady, who is this - person who should teach, or the person who must constantly punish the slightest mistake?
As a result, student withdraws into himself, hated the teacher, and the punishment began to be treated as something ordinary and natural.
image of cool ladies in the literature
In the works of Russian artists of the 19th century the word classy lady has never been the main character.These women had a face that seems to be just and suited to the role of the background.
In a work Bunin, for example, the image of educators has been introduced for the contrast between the bright, light as a breath of spring, cheerful young beauty Olga and her teacher, is also soaring, but not in reality but in dreams.
stereotype that classy lady - is rigor, restraint and almost monastic life and not let this woman ever really take off.So she continues to dream and look for the secret of the main component of feminine charm - easy breathing, who knew the deceased 15 years old schoolgirl Olya Meshcherskaya.
other extreme, often the case in the fate of educators gymnasiums - maintaining a double life.Too small salary forced teachers day to be an example of decency and stiffness, sometimes excessive, and in the evenings transform into "moths" and try to keep their "second job" in secret.This story from the life of a young teacher invites the viewer to "cool lady" - film based on the story A.Kuprin "Natalia Davydovna."
Was there justice?
Now, from the point of view of a person that does not allow even the thought that the class teacher dares to somehow offend, humiliate, physically punish the student, the question arises: whether in the then educational institutions are teachers who are called teacher from God?
Of course, the color of Russian pedagogy in its infancy and already existed in the walls of the high schools of the 19th century, and its main indicators have been justice and equity for all students, regardless of class.
In the memoirs of one of the graduates of the gymnasium is very often mentioned the name of a certain Mademoiselle Gan, very strict and pedantic cool lady.However, it brings a rigor favor female students and, consequently, their future appreciation for the proper upbringing.The teacher, as they say now, somewhat overstated the bar by requiring every schoolgirl most accurate performance of duties.Shall be punished - not without it.But she was happy for the successes of girls!How was kind and motherly loving, if a pupil corrects and pleased mentor excellent knowledge and exemplary behavior.
